Dell XPS 8930

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	249% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 8930 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0H0P0M
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 01:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 741 82% 646 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 94 Parallax 89.4 78% 93.2 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 75.7 71% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1264 792 800 799 791 796 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 1,956 Mixed 1,489 SusWrite 874 346% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 74.1 238% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 951 DQ Mixed 900 717% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 65.7 Write 0.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 0.8 12% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 54% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 193 192 195 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 198 Mixed 102 SusWrite 194 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 576GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 114 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 146 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 114 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 105 102 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 113 Write 97.2 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 104 117% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 0000CE03 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 24.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 30%

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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,970x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	1,509x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	915x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	562x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	262x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples	158x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	468x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	359x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16